---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections, judge of probate, authorized to appoint student interns to assist"
description: "Elections, judge of probate, authorized to appoint student interns to assist"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2019rs"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "Alabama SB 240 (2019rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesteen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/769c4991-47cd-4563-9f38-c9ee084fab25"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB240"
source_hash: "32583f2746d1e5df580dab3336d1fa700246b3c8ae96f85b6a58c3b90ca5bc38"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 240 (2019rs) — Elections, judge of probate, authorized to appoint student interns to assist

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB240-int.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019rs/PrintFiles/SB240-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 440 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1218 — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesteen — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Governmental Affairs as Favorable `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 440 `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1218 `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2019-476. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/769c4991-47cd-4563-9f38-c9ee084fab25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).